Ghosts of the Day of the Dead: Naked volunteers draped in sheer fabric pose for U.S. photographer and artist Spencer Tunick's group portrait at Los Senderos in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Tunick was in Mexico for one day to photograph a performance commemorating the Day of the Dead.

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Care for a shine, Your Highness? In Longreach, Australia, a furry commoner licks the shoes of the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles and Camilla are in Australia on the second leg of a Diamond Jubilee Tour.

Ooh, barely made it over that one! Mitzi the Yorkie appears to have mastered the ultra-easy jump setting for obstacles at the Petit Prix Western Championships in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Photo: Torin Halsey, Associated Press

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Perpendicular ponytail: Seemingly defying the laws of anatomical physics, Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia lifts one leg over her head while gliding upright on the other during her short program routine at The Cup of China in Shanghai.

The kids whom nobody wants: Palestinian children peer through a ramshackle wooden door at the Shati Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza City. Palestinians demand that Israel recognize the "right of return" of refugees to Israel. Israel rejects the demand, saying they should be accommodated within a Palestinian state.

But you'll love this deworming medicine! Nightmare the kitty knows that nothing good ever comes in syringes. Veterinarian Wendy McCulloch was giving the cat, owned by disabled New Yorker Albert Fergus, free care during an house call. She also brought Fergus a free load of groceries as he has been home-bound since Superstorm Sandy hit.

Catch of the day - 40 winks: A fisherman naps on his boat after deep-sea fishing all night in El Callao, Peru. Small-scale fishermen in the area typically work 24-hour shifts, catching mostly anchovy, mackerel and silverside.

Photo: Rodrigo Abd, Associated Press

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Soggy streetscape: A woman walks through the rain in front of a mural that mimics the current weather in Moscow.

Photo: Andrey Smirnov, AFP/Getty Images

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